Title :
Home health telecare and the elderly in Spain: technologies involved and methodological issues
Author :
Reina-Tosina, J. ; Roa, L.M. ; Prado, M. ; Vera, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Syst. & Automatics Eng., Seville Univ., Spain
Abstract :
We try to develop a pilot experience in home care teleservices to the elderly through the investigation of solutions based on the application of information technologies and communications. To that end, an individualized attendance to each elderly person will be supplied, which will comprise from the monitoring of certain biological variables, diagnosis and processing, to the advising to his/her family. In addition, a customized service will be offered, not only in the healthcare field, but also at a technological level.
Keywords :
client-server systems; geriatrics; health care; information technology; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; telemedicine; Spain; Virtual Center; advising; biological variables; client-server architecture model; communications; customized service; diagnosis; elderly person; family; home care teleservices; home health telecare; individualized attendance; information technologies; monitoring; pilot experience; technological level; Biomedical engineering; Costs; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Public healthcare; Senior citizens; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019602
